Mothika Group
Team Leader
Dr. Suresh Mothika
Assistant Professor
Lab 101H, Old Core Extension
Department of Chemistry,
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur
Kalyanpur 208016, Kanpur
Uttar Pradesh, India
Email: smothika@iitk.ac.in Tel: 0512-259-2335
Experience
Assistant Professor:
Sep 2022: Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur, UP, India
Postdoctoral:
2020: Royal Society Newton International Fellow, University of York, United Kingdom
2019: PBC Fellow, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
2016: Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany
Education:
Ph.D. (2016): CSIR-JRF Fellow, JNCASR Bangalore, India
Thesis PI: Prof. Tapas K. Maji
"Nanoscale metal-organic frameworks (nMOFs), conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs), hybrid hydrogels, light-harvesting, photocatalysis, sensors"
M.Sc. (2009): National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu, India
Thesis PI: Prof. R. Karvembu; Organometallic complexes
B.Sc. (2007): Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
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The Team
Saurabh Kumar Rajput
PhD Student
Joined Jan 2023
From Uttar Pradesh
MSc Chemistry: BR Ambedkar University, Agra
BSc: BR Ambedkar University, Agra
Research Field: Porous organic materials/Open-shell materials
Joined July 2023
From West Bengal
MSc Chemistry, VNIT, Nagpur
BSc: Calcutta University
Research Field: Porous organic materials
Nilojyoti Sahoo
PhD Student
Monika Yadav
PhD student
Joined July 2024
From Haryana
MSc: IIT Jodhpur
Research Filed: Open-shell materials
Dr. Atul Kapoor
Postdoctoral
Joined April 2024
From Punjab
PhD: NIT Jalandhar
MSc: Guru Nanak Dev Uni, Amritsar
Research Filed: Chemical sensors
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Student
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Research Filed:
Alumni
Summer Interns & Project students
1. Nikhil, IIT Gandhinagar, Project assistant, 2024
2. Vishal Mishra, IIT Kanpur, BS UG Project fellow, 2024
3. Misha Kumari, IIT Gandhinagar, SURGE fellow, 2024
4. Raghav Aanand, NIT Rourkela, SURGE fellow, 2024
5. Aparna Tiwari, CSJM Uni, Kanpur, Intern and MSc thesis project fellow, 2023-24.